La Mano Cornuda

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La Mano Cornuda
Supersuckers-La Mano Cornuda (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 1994
RecordedEgg Studios, Seattle, Washington in November 1993
Genre Rock
Label Sub Pop [1]
Producer Conrad Uno [2]
Supersuckers chronology
The Smoke of Hell
(1992)
La Mano Cornuda
(1994)
The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers
(1995)
Professional ratings
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La Mano Cornuda is the second studio album by the American rock and roll band Supersuckers. [5] [6] It was released on March 1, 1994, on Sub Pop. The title is Spanish for the horned hand , a reference to the hand sign often seen at rock and roll shows. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music deemed the album "hard rocking songs about hard drinking hard men." [4] Trouser Press wrote that "Conrad Uno’s production doesn’t raise [Jack] Endino’s blinding gleam, but the effect is salutary, allowing the band to indulge its naturally wanton slop-rock instincts to great hairy effect." [2] Eric Davidson, author of We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001, considered it perhaps the band's "best all-around record." [8]

Track listing

  1. "Creepy Jackalope Eye"
  2. "Seventeen Poles"
  3. "High Ya!"
  4. "On the Couch"
  5. "Clueless
  6. "Sugie"
  7. "Mudhead"
  8. "Gold Top"
  9. "How to Maximize Your Kill Count"
  10. "I Was Born Without a Spine"
  11. "Glad Damn Glad"
  12. "She's My Bitch"
  13. "The Schmooze"

Notes

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References

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  3. "La Mano Cornuda - Supersuckers | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 857.
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  6. "The Raw Essence". Los Angeles Times. February 22, 1996.
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  8. Davidson, Eric (2010). We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001. Backbeat Books.